Baskin

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What should be a routine night on patrol becomes a trip into the darkness of the mind and soul for a squad of unsuspecting cops in this tour-de-force feature debut from the ferociously talented director Can Evrenol. Based on Evrenol's terrifying 2013 short of the same name (which screened at CUFF 2013), and drawing upon a diverse range of inspirations — not only such films as QUEST FOR FIRE, APOCALYPSE NOW, and HELLRAISER but also the paintings of Caravaggio, Bosch, and Giger — Baskin offers up a nightmarish compendium of imaginative frights that will leave even seasoned horror-movie fans reeling. – TIFF

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Toronto International Film Festival 2015
Fantastic Fest 2015
AFI Fest 2015
Stockholm Film Festival 2015

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Can Evrenol was born in Istanbul and studied film and art history at the University of Kent. His short films include SCREWS, SANDIK, KURBAN BAYRAMI, MY GRANDMOTHER, AND TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER. BASKIN, based on his short film of the same name, is his first feature.